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Structural shifts, including the movement from a manufacturing-based to a services-based economy, have also led to a growing geographic dispersion of productivity levels, seen strikinglyacross major US cities (Exhibit 8).

Over the past several decades, some have seen relatively modest productivity growth, including those in the historical Rust Belt. On the other end of the spectrum, cities with deep knowledge…